7 must-read poetry books like Advent Street by Carol Ann Duffy

Cover of Advent Street by Carol Ann Duffy

Advent Street

By: Carol Ann Duffy

3.89

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

In this enchantingly illustrated Christmas poem, Carol Ann Duffy invites readers to open the window…

If you liked the poetry plot in Advent Street by Carol Ann Duffy , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson

1. Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days

By: Jeanette Winterson

3.95

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?" comes an enc… read more

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"Our memories change as we do."

-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days

"Most of us can only see the world we know."

-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days

"Love affairs are discoveries of new worlds."

-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days

"The future is not fixed unless we allow it to be so."

-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days

Cover of The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore, Jan Brett

2. The Night Before Christmas

By: Clement Clarke Moore , Jan Brett

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This poem first appeared in a newspaper in Troy, New York, USA, on December 23, 1823, as "A Visit F… read more

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  • poetry
  • christmas
"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse."

-Clement Clarke Moore, The Night Before Christmas

"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be t…"

-Clement Clarke Moore, The Night Before Christmas

Cover of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot, Edward Gorey

3. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

By: T.S. Eliot , Edward Gorey

4.29

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

T. S. Eliot's playful cat poems have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since t… read more

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4. Running Like a Girl

By: Alexandra Heminsley , 노지양

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

In her twenties, Alexandra Heminsley spent more time at the bar than she did in pursuit of athletic… read more

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5. The Embassy of Cambodia

By: Zadie Smith

4.38

Format: None pages,

'The fact is, if we followed the history of every little country in the world - in its dramatic as … read more

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6. Love, Aubrey

By: Suzanne LaFleur

3.79

Format: 249 pages,

"I had everything I needed to run a household: a house, food, and a new family. From now on it woul… read more

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7. A Child's Christmas in Wales

By: Trina Schart Hyman , Dylan Thomas

3.80

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Originally emerging from a piece written for radio, the poem was recorded by Thomas in 1952. The st… read more

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8. Father Christmas and Me

By: Matt Haig

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It isn't always easy, growing up as a human in Elfhelm, even if your adoptive parents are the newly… read more

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9. A Christmas Memory

By: Truman Capote

3.27

Format: None pages, Audio CD

First published in 1956, this much sought-after autobiographical recollection of Truman Capote's ru… read more

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10. A Christmas Carol

By: Charles Dickens

4.08

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

'If I had my way, every idiot who goes around with Merry Christmas on his lips, would be boiled wit… read more

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"Hallo, my fine fellow!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"God bless us, every one!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"And how did little Tim behave?"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"Marley was dead: to begin with."

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

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11. October, October

By: Katya Balen

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD. October and her dad live in the w… read more

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"It is my story and it is our story and it isn't perfect and it isn't finished but it is whole."

-Katya Balen, October, October

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12. Bournville

By: Jonathan Coe

3.81

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Middle England comes a profoundly moving, brutally fu… read more

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13. Murder on the Christmas Express

By: Alexandra Benedict

3.16

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Eighteen passengers. Seven stops. One killer.In the early hours of Christmas Eve, the sleeper train… read more

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  • christmas
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14. The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights

By: Bridget Collins

4.06

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the creators of The Haunting Season comes a dazzling collection of never-before-seen ghostly t… read more

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  • christmas
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15. So Late in the Day

By: Claire Keegan

4.00

Format: 47 pages, Hardcover

After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the b… read more

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16. Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir

By: Alba Donati

3.50

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Under the Tuscan Sun meets Diary of a Bookseller in this charming memoir by an Italian poet recount… read more

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"A Lucignana non abbiamo regine ma fate si, molte."

-Alba Donati, Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir

"How did I get the idea? Ideas don't just spring out of nothing - they smoulder, ferment, crowd our mind while we sleep. Ideas walk on their own two legs, follow their own parallel path in part of us …"

-Alba Donati, Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir

"Cit. p.81 "I fiori come noi pensano, intuiscono la via più semplice, evitano percorsi difficili. e lottano, hanno spiriti rivoluzionari. ... Penso alla povera erba medica che ripone dentro leggere sp…"

-Alba Donati, Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir

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17. Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour Of The Bookshops Of Britain

By: Robin Ince

3.84

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince's stadium tour with P… read more

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"This is one of the wonders of books: the delight of being a species that can chronicle and preserve. I pick up a book from a shelf, and someone who is no more than ash or bone can still change me."

-Robin Ince, Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour Of The Bookshops Of Britain

Cover of Let the Light Pour In by Lemn Sissay

18. Let the Light Pour In

By: Lemn Sissay

3.67

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARA SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE BOOK TO G… read more

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Cover of Murder at the Theatre Royale (Christmas Mystery, #2) by Ada Moncrieff

19. Murder at the Theatre Royale (Christmas Mystery, #2)

By: Ada Moncrieff

3.18

Format: 253 pages, ebook

It's Christmas at London's Theatre Royale and journalist Daphne King is determined to solve an extr… read more

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Cover of The Book That No One Wanted to Read by Richard Ayoade

20. The Book That No One Wanted to Read

By: Richard Ayoade

3.74

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

From actor-author-broadcaster-comedian-filmmaker Richard Ayoade comes a book narrated by . . . a bo… read more

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21. Christmas is Murder: A Chilling Short Story Collection

By: Val McDermid

3.57

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

The Queen of Crime Val McDermid is a master of the dark and sinister story, and these powers are de… read more

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  • christmas
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22. Fifteen Wild Decembers

By: Karen Powell

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A creative re-imagining of the short life of Emily Brontë, one of England’s greatest writers Pra… read more

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23. The Little Match Girl Strikes Back

By: Emma Carroll

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

It only takes one strike! A powerful feminist reworking of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, fro… read more

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24. Gifts

By: Laura Barnett

3.49

Format: 308 pages, ebook

TWELVE PEOPLE... TWELVE GIFTS... ONE CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER... Maddy runs the bookshop on Marke… read more

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Cover of A Poem for Every Day of the Year by Allie Esiri

25. A Poem for Every Day of the Year

By: Allie Esiri

4.00

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

"A Poem For Every Day of the Year is a magnificent collection of 366 poems compiled by Allie Esiri,… read more

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Cover of Advent Street by Carol Ann Duffy

26. Advent Street

By: Carol Ann Duffy

3.89

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

In this enchantingly illustrated Christmas poem, Carol Ann Duffy invites readers to open the window… read more

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  • art
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Cover of Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season by Muriel Spark

27. Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season

By: Muriel Spark

3.71

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

The British Library Women Writers series is a curated collection of novels by female authors who en… read more

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Cover of We Wish You A Merry Christmas and Other Festive Poems by Chris Riddell

28. We Wish You A Merry Christmas and Other Festive Poems

By: Chris Riddell

3.86

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

This is the perfect Christmas selection for poetry lovers of all ages. Includes much loved traditio… read more

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  • christmas
Cover of Festive Spirits: Three Christmas Stories by Kate Atkinson

29. Festive Spirits: Three Christmas Stories

By: Kate Atkinson

3.36

Format: 68 pages, Hardcover

The perfect Christmas gift: three festive tales from the brilliant pen of Kate Atkinson. read more

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Cover of Adventures of a Christmas Elf (Christmas Elf Chronicles #3) by Ben     Miller

30. Adventures of a Christmas Elf (Christmas Elf Chronicles #3)

By: Ben Miller

3.91

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

A festive adventure that will take you round the world in the third of the top-ten bestselling Chri… read more

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Cover of And So This is Christmas: 51 Seasonally Adjusted Poems by Brian Bilston

31. And So This is Christmas: 51 Seasonally Adjusted Poems

By: Brian Bilston

4.02

Format: 83 pages, Hardcover

It’s that time of year again . . . With his signature wit, Brian Bilston returns with And So Thi… read more

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14 Top christmas books like Advent Street by Carol Ann Duffy

Transform Your Habits

Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days

Jeanette Winterson

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Night Before Christmas

Clement Clarke Moore , Jan Brett

4.39

Transform Your Habits

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Murder on the Christmas Express

Alexandra Benedict

3.16

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18 best-selling fiction books like Bournville by Jonathan Coe

Transform Your Habits

Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Caledonian Road

Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Old God's Time

Sebastian Barry

3.85

Transform Your Habits

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

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